If you look at Newcastle's stats, they score 75% of their goals in the second half, said Wenger. We knew it was important not to let them get back to 2-1 and what happened? We suffered after that for 40 minutes.

He's a bit fatigued and in a position where he has scored less. He wants to force his game and then is more involved in physical battles, said Wenger. Maybe goalscoring is on his mind, so he wants to do too much and he wants to force his game.

We have good memories at Newcastle but they are always very tight, very difficult games, Wenger told reporters. They are in a position where they are not under threat to go down.They always have a very motivated crowd and they always play well against us, which makes it a tight gam...